From 16 years before statehood...
DAILY PUGET SOUND COURIER, Olympia, Washington Territory, October 8, 1873
- Rare Old West publication
- Future Capital city of Wash.
European settlers claimed the area in 1846, with the Treaty of Medicine Creek initiated in 1854, followed by the Treaty of Olympia in 1856. It is presently the capital of Washington. This issue was published 16 years before Washington joined the Union.
The masthead includes a handsome engraving of Puget Sound.
Four pages, slightly irregular at the spine, nice condition.
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